Curtain-rod bracket



3 March 29, 1927.

J, H. BOYE CURTAIN ROD BRACKET Filed June 5, 1926 Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

umrso STATES 1,622,700 PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. Boxnor CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'ro JAMES H. BOYE MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-ROD BRACKET.

Application filed June 5,

This invention relates to improvements in brackets for supporting curtain rods, and in its chief intended application is designed to serve as an intermediate supporting bracket for a plurality of comparatively long curtain rods of the Hat telescoping type. In Letters Patent No. 1,424,337 granted to me August 1,1922, I have disclosed a curtain fixture of the general type referred to, wherein a pair of rods are centrally supported by a bracket consisting of an arm comprising upper and lower flat metal strips riveted together with their inner ends bent to form an attachment member and their outer ends bent downwardly and spaced one in front of the other and terminating in upturned lips to support the lower edges of the curtain rods, each of the strips also having an integral spring tongue out therefrom with its free end bent downwardly to form a hook or detent engageable over the upper edge of the rod; the bracket above-described being very clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.- of my aforesaid patent,

My present invention is in the nature of an improvement upon the intermediate rodsupporting bracket of the aforesaid patent. In. the; use of the said bracket, the rod, with the curtain or drape suspended therefrom, is engaged with the bracket by a lateral thrust on the rod, the lower edge of the latter being first seated'in the lip of the bracket arm, and the upper edge being then engaged with the hook or detent by an inward thrust on the latter which first raises the hook and then permits the latter to snap down over the upper edge of the rod. Where, as in the aforesaid bracket, the two rod seats or sockets are permanently fixed one in front of the other, it is a matter of some difliculty to enter the rod, with the curtain thereon, into the rear seat of the bracket, since. the front seat is somewhat in the way; and moreover, during such mounting of the rear rod and the hem of the curtain in the rear seat, the detent or hook on the spring tongue tends to roll or twist the ruffle on the upper edge of the curtain forwardly and downwardly, causing the latter to present a somewhat unsightly appearance. 7 a

The main object of the present invention is to provide a practical improvement upon the bracket of my aforesaid patent in the directions of, first, facilitating the operation 1926. Serial No. 113,846.

of seating the rod and the hem and ruffle of the curtain in the rear lying seat or seats of the bracket, and, second, of enabling the hem and rufile of the curtain to be easily adjusted to normal correct position at the time the rod is inserted. My present invention may be embodied in a bracket having two, three or more arms for supporting a corresponding number of rods, and the invention, broadly stated, resides in providing a pivotal connection of each arm (except the lowermost) at its rear end on the next underlying arm, so that, when the rearmost rod is to be seated in the lowest arm of the bracket, the overlying arm or arms may be swung up entirely out of the Way, and, similarly, when the next to the rear-most. rod is to be entered into its arm of the bracket, the arm or arms thereabove may be similarly swung up and out of the way, and so 011 until all except the front rod have been en aged with their respective seats.

Fly invention, in one simple and practical form in which it may find embodiment, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a-curtain rodsupporting bracket adapted for use with three parallel rods;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same bracket showing the top and intermediate arms swung upwardly to facilitate the seating of the rear rod in the lowermost arm;

Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the topmost arm swung up to facilitate the seating of the intermediate rod;

Fig. at is a top plan view of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a front elevation, viewed from the bottom of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a flat metal strip constituting the lowermost arm of the bracket and having its rear end portion 11 bent upwardly to form an at taching member by whichit may be secured to a window frame F by screws 12. At its forward end the arm 10 has a downwardly bent substantially vertical portion 13, terminating at its lower end in an upwardly curvedv lip 14 which forms a seat for the lower edge of the rearmost curtain rod A. From the strip 10 is cut a central longitudinally extending tongue 15 which extends forwardly through a central vertical slot 16 (Fig. 5) in the downwardly bent portion 13 and overhangs the lip 14 and at 1ts forward end is formed with a downwardly bent detent 17 adapted to snap over the upper edge of the red A to thereby hold the latter engaged with the bracket. This lowermost arm 10 is formed on its opposite edges and a short distance forwardly of its attaching base 11 with a pair of integral hinge pintles l8, conveniently formed by notching out the edge of the arm on either side of the pintle; and mounted to swing on the hinge pintles 18 is an overlying bracket arm 10 formed at its rearend with a pair of eyes 19 engaged with the pintles 18 and in all other respects identical with the arm 10; the forward rodengaging portion of the arm 10 lying in front of and slightly above the correspond ing portion of the arm 10, and serving to support the intermediate rod 13.

The bracket thus far described is complete for service in connection with two rods. here the fixture includes three rods, as is sometimes the case, the same structural principle is extended to provide a third arm 10 in all respects identical with the intermediate arm 10, said arm 10 being hinged to the arm 10 by eyes 19' engaged with pintles 18, said arm serving to support a third front rod C.

The manner of mounting the three rods in the above-described bracket is progressively illustrated in F 2, 3 and 1. The bracket having been attached to the window frame, and the red A having been passed through the hem of the curtain, the upper and intermediate arms 10 and 10 are swung upwardly and rcarwardly, and the red A with the curtain thereon is pressed into its seat on the forward end of arm 10. This having been done, the twisting or other dislocation of the top edge of the hem and the rullle caused by the detent 17 can be easily corrected by thrusting the detent upwardly by the thumb or finger. The intermediate arm 10 is then lowered. leaving the topmost arm 10 in raised position, and the rod ll, usually carrying a drape, is mounted and the upper end of the drape adjusted in the same manner. The topmost arm 10 is then lowered, and the third rod C, usually earryii'ig side drapes, is similarly mounted, and the upper ends of the side drapes adjusted to correct form.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the above described multiple rod bracket consisting of relatively hinged sections each supporting one rod, all except the lowermost of which can be swung up and out of the way to permit the successive seating of the rods. considerably facilitates the mounting of the rods in the bracket and the proper adjustment of the upper edge or rulile of the curtain, thereby effecting the stated purposes of the invention. \Vhen the curtain and drapes are hung, the weight of the bracket arms, rods and curtain and drapes easily maintains the rods in. normal correct position. Flu'thern'iore, simplicity of manufacture and economy of cost are greatly promoted by the simple expedient of forming the hinge elements from the metal. of the arms themselves.

While I have herein shmvu one simple and eiiieient embodiment of the principle of the invention, manifestly the structural details disclosed may be variously modified within the purview of the invention and without sacrificing any of the benefits and advantages secured thereby. He cc, i do not limit the invention to the specific structural form herein disclosed for purposes of illustration, but reserve all such variations, modifications and mechanical equivalents as fall within the spirit and purview of the claims.

I claim- 1. A supporting bracket for a plurality of certain rods, comprising a plurality of bracket arms hinged to each other to swing in a vertical plane and provided respectively with rod-engaging seats at their forward ends disposed one in front of another in the lowered position of said arms.

2. A specific form of claim 1, wherein the hinge elements of said bracket arms are formed as integral parts of the arms themselves.

3. A supporting bracket for a plurality of curtain rods, comprising a bracket arm formed at its forward end with a rod-engaging seat and at its rear end with an attachment member, and an overlying arm hinged at its rear end on said first-named arm to swing upwardly and rearwardly and formed at its forward end with a rodengaging seat lying in advance of said firstnamed seat.

4-. A specific form of claim 3, wherein said first-named bracket arm is formed with integral hinge pintles on its opposite edges. and said overlying arm is formed at its rear end with eyes engaged with said pintles.

5. A supporting bracket for a plurality of curtain rods, comprising a bracket arm formed at,its forward end with a rodengaging seat and at its rear end with an attachment member, an intermediate arm overlying and hinged at its rear end on said first-named arm to swing upwardly and rearwardly and formed at its forward end with a rod-engaging seat lying in advance of said first-named seat, and a top arm overlying and hinged at its rear end on said intermediate arm to swing upwardly and rearwardly and formed at its forward end with a rod engaging seat lying in advance of said first and second-named seats.

JAMES H. BOYE. 

